CVE-2023-25815

In Git for Windows, the Windows port of Git, no localized messages are shipped with the installer. As a consequence, Git is expected not to localize messages at all, and skips the gettext initialization. However, due to a change in MINGW-packages, the `gettext()` function's implicit initialization no longer uses the runtime prefix but uses the hard-coded path `C:\mingw64\share\locale` to look for localized messages. And since any authenticated user has the permission to create folders in `C:\` (and since `C:\mingw64` does not typically exist), it is possible for low-privilege users to place fake messages in that location where `git.exe` will pick them up in version 2.40.1. This vulnerability is relatively hard to exploit and requires social engineering. For example, a legitimate message at the end of a clone could be maliciously modified to ask the user to direct their web browser to a malicious website, and the user might think that the message comes from Git and is legitimate. It does require local write access by the attacker, though, which makes this attack vector less likely. Version 2.40.1 contains a patch for this issue. Some workarounds are available. Do not work on a Windows machine with shared accounts, or alternatively create a `C:\mingw64` folder and leave it empty. Users who have administrative rights may remove the permission to create folders in `C:\`.
References
Link Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/25/2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://axcheron.github.io/exploit-101-format-strings/#writing-to-the-stack Product
https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.40.1.windows.1 Release Notes
https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-9w66-8mq8-5vm8 Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages/pull/10461 Issue Tracking Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00018.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PI7FZ4NNR5S5J5K6AMVQBH2JFP6NE4L7/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RKOXOAZ42HLXHXTW6JZI4L5DAIYDTYCU/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YFZWGQKB6MM5MNF2DLFTD7KS2KWPICKL/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/printf.html Product
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-15
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/25/2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://axcheron.github.io/exploit-101-format-strings/#writing-to-the-stack Product
https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.40.1.windows.1 Release Notes
https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-9w66-8mq8-5vm8 Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages/pull/10461 Issue Tracking Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00018.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PI7FZ4NNR5S5J5K6AMVQBH2JFP6NE4L7/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RKOXOAZ42HLXHXTW6JZI4L5DAIYDTYCU/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YFZWGQKB6MM5MNF2DLFTD7KS2KWPICKL/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/printf.html Product
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-15
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:git_for_windows_project:git_for_windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 07:50

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Summary
  • (es) En Git para Windows, la versión de Git para Windows, no se envían mensajes localizados con el instalador. Como consecuencia, se espera que Git no localice ningún mensaje y omita la inicialización de gettext. Sin embargo, debido a un cambio en los paquetes MINGW, la inicialización implícita de la función `gettext()` ya no usa el prefijo de tiempo de ejecución sino que usa la ruta codificada `C:\mingw64\share\locale` para buscar mensajes localizados. Y dado que cualquier usuario autenticado tiene permiso para crear carpetas en `C:\` (y dado que `C:\mingw64` normalmente no existe), es posible que los usuarios con pocos privilegios coloquen mensajes falsos en esa ubicación donde `git .exe` los recogerá en la versión 2.40.1. Esta vulnerabilidad es relativamente difícil de explotar y requiere ingeniería social. Por ejemplo, un mensaje legítimo al final de un clon podría modificarse maliciosamente para pedirle al usuario que dirija su navegador web a un sitio web malicioso, y el usuario podría pensar que el mensaje proviene de Git y es legítimo. Sin embargo, requiere acceso de escritura local por parte del atacante, lo que hace que este vector de ataque sea menos probable. La versión 2.40.1 contiene un parche para este problema. Algunas soluciones están disponibles. No trabaje en una máquina Windows con cuentas compartidas o, alternativamente, cree una carpeta `C:\mingw64` y déjela vacía. Los usuarios que tienen derechos administrativos pueden eliminar el permiso para crear carpetas en `C:\`.
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : 2.2
v2 : unknown
v3 : 3.3
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/25/2 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/25/2 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://axcheron.github.io/exploit-101-format-strings/#writing-to-the-stack - Product () https://axcheron.github.io/exploit-101-format-strings/#writing-to-the-stack - Product
References () https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.40.1.windows.1 - Release Notes () https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.40.1.windows.1 - Release Notes
References () https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-9w66-8mq8-5vm8 - Vendor Advisory () https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-9w66-8mq8-5vm8 - Vendor Advisory
References () https://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages/pull/10461 - Issue Tracking, Patch () https://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages/pull/10461 - Issue Tracking, Patch
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00018.html - () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00018.html -
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PI7FZ4NNR5S5J5K6AMVQBH2JFP6NE4L7/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PI7FZ4NNR5S5J5K6AMVQBH2JFP6NE4L7/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RKOXOAZ42HLXHXTW6JZI4L5DAIYDTYCU/ - () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RKOXOAZ42HLXHXTW6JZI4L5DAIYDTYCU/ -
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YFZWGQKB6MM5MNF2DLFTD7KS2KWPICKL/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YFZWGQKB6MM5MNF2DLFTD7KS2KWPICKL/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/printf.html - Product () https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/printf.html - Product
References () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-15 - () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-15 -

26 Jun 2024, 10:15

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References
  • () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00018.html -

27 Dec 2023, 10:15

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References
  • () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-15 -

12 May 2023, 05:15

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CWE CWE-22
References
  • (MISC) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RKOXOAZ42HLXHXTW6JZI4L5DAIYDTYCU/ -

04 May 2023, 21:25

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References (MISC) https://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages/pull/10461 - (MISC) https://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages/pull/10461 - Issue Tracking, Patch
References (MISC) https://axcheron.github.io/exploit-101-format-strings/#writing-to-the-stack - (MISC) https://axcheron.github.io/exploit-101-format-strings/#writing-to-the-stack - Product
References (MISC) https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.40.1.windows.1 - (MISC) https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.40.1.windows.1 - Release Notes
References (MISC) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YFZWGQKB6MM5MNF2DLFTD7KS2KWPICKL/ - (MISC) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YFZWGQKB6MM5MNF2DLFTD7KS2KWPICKL/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/25/2 - (MISC) http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/25/2 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-9w66-8mq8-5vm8 - (MISC) https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-9w66-8mq8-5vm8 - Vendor Advisory
References (MISC) https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/printf.html - (MISC) https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/printf.html - Product
References (MISC) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PI7FZ4NNR5S5J5K6AMVQBH2JFP6NE4L7/ - (MISC) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PI7FZ4NNR5S5J5K6AMVQBH2JFP6NE4L7/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 2.2
CWE CWE-22
CPE cpe:2.3:a:git_for_windows_project:git_for_windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

01 May 2023, 06:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (MISC) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YFZWGQKB6MM5MNF2DLFTD7KS2KWPICKL/ -

28 Apr 2023, 05:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (MISC) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PI7FZ4NNR5S5J5K6AMVQBH2JFP6NE4L7/ -

25 Apr 2023, 21:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-04-25 20:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 07:50


NVD link : CVE-2023-25815

Mitre link : CVE-2023-25815

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-25815


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Products Affected

git_for_windows_project

  • git_for_windows

fedoraproject

  • fedora
CWE
CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CWE-134

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String